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Hurricane history · Texas

Hurricanes near Silsbee, TX

Hurricanes

7

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Silsbee. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Laura in 2020. The strongest was Laura in 2020, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Laura AugCategory 414453
2017Harvey AugTropical storm4649
2017Cindy JunTropical storm5224
2008Ike SepCategory 210457
2008Edouard AugTropical storm6342
2007Humberto SepCategory 19228
2005Rita SepCategory 31159
1989Jerry OctTropical storm6343
1989Chantal AugCategory 18148
1987Unnamed AugTropical storm4619
1986Bonnie JunCategory 18617
1982Chris SepTropical storm6334
1979Claudette JulTropical storm523
1978Debra AugTropical storm5245
1974Carmen SepTropical storm5836
1973Unnamed SepTropical storm4018
1963Cindy SepTropical storm6339
1959Debra JulTropical storm5855
1957Bertha AugTropical storm6328
1957Audrey JunCategory 312736
1954Barbara JulTropical storm5214

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s01
1970s04
1980s23
1990s00
2000s31
2010s02
2020s10

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Silsbee at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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